Knitting bag frame



March 31, 1942.

L. B. MOORE KNITTING BAG FRAME Filed May 20, 1941 INVENTOR Lee 5/2; :6, Moo/'6.

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i atenteci Mar. 31, 1 942 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE KNITTING BAG FRAME Lee Bruce Moore, New York, N. Y. Application May 20, 1941, Serial No. 394,246

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of a knitting bag and has reference particularly to a bag of this character, having a hinged frame, which carries a removable yarn spool and which is provided with a slot in the closed position of the frame to accommodate the passage of the yarn being unwound from the spool as the yarn is used in the knitting process.

My invention has for its object to provide a novel construction for a knitting bag supporting therein a spool for the yarn, and means embodied in the spool to rotate the latter to wind the yarn upon the spool.

A further object of the invention is to provid hinged frame sections, which are grooved along their meeting surfaces, so as to form a slot in the closed position of the sections for the passage of the yarn from the spool inside the bag to the work outside the bag.

I accomplish these objects by means of a construction, one embodiment of which is described in the specification, set forth in the appended claims and illustratively exemplifiedin the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved knitting bag in closed position;

Figure 2 is a substantially transverse sectional View taken on lines 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the bag in its extreme open position;

Figure l is an elevational view of one end of the spool showing the telescopic crank in its collapsed position.

Referring to the drawing, l denotes the bag body which is constructed of cloth, leather or any other suitable material, and which is provided with hinged closure frames II. The frames II are inverted rigid U-shaped members of wood, metal or plastic material having suitable hinge connections 12 connecting the ends of the side arms together in the usual manner. The inner face of the cross bar or top of each frame H is recessed from points short of opposite ends thereof so as to form a slot 13 between the frames when the latter are closed, as in Figures 1 and 2. Beyond the ends of the recess in one frame H there are hooks M, which are hinged at their inner ends to the outside of the frame, and which are provided with angular tongues l5 at their free ends to fit over the top of the two frames and embrace the outer face of the other frame section H,

One of the frame sections II is provided with grooves l6 disposed transversely in the inside faces of the side arms, the grooves being coaxial to accommodate axles I! of a yarn spool l8, as illustrated in Figures 2 to 4. Slidably mounted in longitudinal grooves 19 in the side arms of the frame are plates 20 which, in closed position, project over the axles H to hold them in their grooves I6, see Figure 3.

The spool I8 is substantially the lengthof the bag opening between the side arms of the frames II and comprises a cylindrical core 2| terminating at its ends in flanges 22 from which the axles I member 23, as shown in Figure 4, when the handle is not in use, and which is pivotally connected at its outer end to a grip or handle 21. In the projected position of the crank handle, the yoke 24 is drawn to a point beyond the end of the member 23 and the link 26 is swung to a position at right angles to the rod 24 and the grip 21 is swung to a position parallel to the axis of the spool, so as to cause the latter to be revolved by turning the crank. When not in use, the rod 24 and link 26 are telescopecl into the tubular member 23 and the grip 2'! simply hangs from the end of the link along the ends of the side arm of the frame, as shown in Figure 1.

In use the bag is adapted to contain not only the spool of yarn A but the work and needles as well. When the work is removed from the bag, the yarn from the spool [8 passes outwardly through the slot I3 after closing the frames II.

In order to refill the spool 13 with yarn A, the bag may be placed in. the extreme open position, shown in Figure 2, with the frame section II having the hooks l4 resting upon a table surface and the frame section I l carrying the spool overhanging the edge of the table. The crank handle is then placed in operating position and manipulated to revolve the spool l8 and wind thereon a supply of yarn. The handle is then collapsed and the frames I I closed about the stand of yarn projecting through the slot 13. If necessary, the bag may contain a number of spools of yarn, in which case it is only required to operate the plates 20 to free the empty spool and allow a full spool to be substituted therefor.

Having now described my invention and the 1. A knitting bag of the character described, comprising a flexible bag portion open at the top thereof, a closure frame for the open end of said bag, comprising hinged sections having recesses in the meeting faces thereof to form a slot opening into the bag when the frame is closed, one of said sections being provided in its meeting face with alined grooves having plates to close there- 10 over, and a yarn spool having projecting axles to journal in said grooves beneath the plates, the yarn from the spool having free passage through the slot.

2. A knitting bag, as claimed in claim 1, in which one of said spool axles is tubular, and a jointed crank handle for turning the spool telescopically disposed in said tubular axle.

LEE BRUCE MOORE. 

